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TI-2025-01282 Aliases CVE-2025-1492GHSA-hrqm-vf6v-j4gp

Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

Priority LOW 34CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00301 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Wireshark (Wireshark Foundation): 4.4.4, 4.2.11Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Wireshark FoundationWireshark4.4.0 to before 4.4.4; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.114.4.4, 4.2.11Patch availableCNA
  • Wireshark VendorWireshark Foundation Affected 4.4.0 to before 4.4.4; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.11 Fixed in 4.4.4, 4.2.11 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.0 – 4.2.10; 4.4.0 – 4.4.3VulnerableWireshark Foundation
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.0 – 4.2.10; 4.4.0 – 4.4.3 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Wireshark (Wireshark Foundation) Fixed in 4.4.4, 4.2.11

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2025:9121 Released 2025-06-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    wireshark security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) wireshark-1:4.4.2-3.el10_0, wireshark-cli-1:4.4.2-3.el10_0
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) wireshark-devel-1:4.4.2-3.el10_0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2025:9121
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2025:9121
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1492
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrqm-vf6v-j4gp

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-53718 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-63612 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-16149 A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-00291 Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-63614 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2014-01823 Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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